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Break the Binds of Weight Stigma
"I can't do that until I've lost a bit of weight". "I need to slim down first". "When I'm thinner I'll..."
What if you didn't feel held back by your body? This guide helps you to free yourself from harmful social attitudes about weight and to start living now.
Break the Binds of Weight Stigma draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a positive, action-based form of therapy that works by accepting your natural emotions and using your own personal values to build a path to the life you want to live. Stories, worksheets, reflection questions, and guided exercises show you how to embrace yourself and fight back against the social structures that tie value to size.
This is not a book about changing your body or losing weight. It's a guide to help you connect with the things that are important to you regardless of your weight. It's a step towards countering the harmful messages in society about our bodies. It's a movement. It's radical. It's freedom.
What if you didn't feel held back by your body? This guide helps you to free yourself from harmful social attitudes about weight and to start living now.
Break the Binds of Weight Stigma draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a positive, action-based form of therapy that works by accepting your natural emotions and using your own personal values to build a path to the life you want to live. Stories, worksheets, reflection questions, and guided exercises show you how to embrace yourself and fight back against the social structures that tie value to size.
This is not a book about changing your body or losing weight. It's a guide to help you connect with the things that are important to you regardless of your weight. It's a step towards countering the harmful messages in society about our bodies. It's a movement. It's radical. It's freedom.
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208 pages, Paperback
Published October 19, 2023
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September 2, 2025
as an act lover, this was a beautifully written book. It was easy to digest for a common population, but beneficial for a clinician to read as well. I love the analogies throughout! The exercises and reflection were seamlessly woven in and all useful. The ending quote was a great call to (committed) action.
“let us create a world where we, nor anyone else, feel they have to change their body in order to live the life they want to live.”
“let us create a world where we, nor anyone else, feel they have to change their body in order to live the life they want to live.”
December 23, 2023
A great easy read from beginning to end. A challenge to diet culture and a way to look at weight in a different light. Empowering and embracing, honest and real. The book navigates tough challenges and conversations with ease.
Instead of picking up that diet book in January, reach for this!
Instead of picking up that diet book in January, reach for this!
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